Development

The Florida Panther is our state’s official animal and one of the most endangered mammals in the country. WMNF's Chris Young reports.

A couple is fighting a plan for thousands of new homes near their rural northeastern Sarasota County neighborhood.

More than 180 landowners have applied to a state-funded program designed to keep swaths of rural Florida from development.

The recent Sackett v EPA decision by the U.S. Supreme Court could have a major impact on wetlands across the country and in Florida.

A wide-ranging discussion about economic justice, the inequality resulting from the closing and repurposing of Just Elementary School serving predominantly Black communities. Neo-colonialism and the Black petis bourgeois who imitate white racist policies to the...

State officials could direct $100 million to protect 35,500 acres of ranchland for the growing Florida Wildlife Corridor.

Warm Mineral Springs in Sarasota County, Florida is archaeologically important. The City of North Port is considering adding development.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure aimed at overturning controversial development agreements involving Walt Disney World.

Florida lawmakers approved a proposal aimed at invalidating controversial development agreements involving Walt Disney World, sending the issue to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has feuded with Disney for the past year.

The Florida Senate voted 27-13 to approve a proposal intended to nullify development agreements involving the Walt Disney Co.

The Florida Senate Rules Committee approved a bill that would lead to people facing additional legal costs if they unsuccessfully challenge changes to comprehensive growth-management plans.

Environmental groups are raising concerns that legislative proposals would damage land-use planning and run counter to conservation efforts.